Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Ridge, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $801k and spending of $530k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $621k to $801k (+29%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pleasant Hall Volunteer Fire Co ($801k), Green Creek Volunteer Fire Rescue Inc ($802k) and Oakwood Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($800k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $246k, net assets of $3.3m.